MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Southaven’s mayor is stirring up strong feelings with some comments made toward residents as he defended a new city ordinance on his Facebook page Friday. Mayor Darren Musselwhite originally posted about a new company bringing jobs to

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Descrease article font size Increase article font size BC Hydro says major transmission lines are coated with ash and smoke from the wildfires burning near Clinton, B.C., which is causing flickering lights and power interruptions across the province. “Part of

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MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A man is accused of grabbing a woman by her hair and neck, dragging her into an apartment, then choking and biting her after an argument about alcohol on Monday. John Harris, 37, was charged with aggravated

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Drivers hoping to use Saskatoon’s University Bridge will have to wait longer, as the city once again pushes back its reopening date to the general public due to construction delays. The bridge will remain closed “near term” to non-emergency vehicles

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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The U.S. military said Sunday that it launched new airstrikes against Iran to “swiftly punish” the country’s Revolutionary Guard for an attack in Jordan that killed two American service members, left one missing and

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Descrease article font size Increase article font size More details are emerging about the suspect in a string of stranger assaults in Vancouver. Twenty-nine- year-old Dylan Brandon Gaita remains in custody awaiting the continuation of his bail hearing. Gaita is

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MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A man was critically injured in a Hickory Hill shooting Tuesday evening, Memphis Police said. Minutes before 5:30 p.m., officers said they responded to a shooting at Kirby Pkwy and E Raines Rd. They said a man

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Derek Cameron got tired of unsafe pedestrian crosswalks in Saskatoon, with cars parking right up to the crosswalk line on Main Street and Lake Crescent, so he decided to do something about it. Crosswalk on Main Street painted by Derek

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MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Court records obtained by WREG show the man fatally shot by a member of the Memphis Safe Task Force at an East Memphis motel this week had an extensive criminal history spanning nearly three decades. According to

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Alberta’s new auditor general, Phil Peters, says he expects his investigation into a health-care contracting scandal to be complete by the end of this year. The province’s previous auditor general, Doug Wylie, finished his term in the spring, after Premier

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